Hinge.



Patented Aug. s, 1899.

B. J. RILEY.

HINGE.

[Applicmn med Feb. s, 1999.)

Wo Model.)

-UNiTnD STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BERNARD J. RILEY, OF HARRISON, NEIV JERSEY.

HINGE.

SPECIFICATON forming part Of Letters Patent No. 630,410, dated August 8, 1899.

Application filed February 3, 1899. Serial N- '704,363- (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERNARDI RILEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Harrison, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in I-Iinges and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, whicl form part of this specification.

My invention relates to the covers used for inkstands and like vessels for holding iiuids destined to be used'at short intervals.

The object of my invention has been to fur.

nish an improved hinge between the cover proper (or, as it is technically known, the cap) and the collar to which it is pivoted by means of the said hinge, the collar being secured around the neck of the bottle or vessel.

This improvement consists in furnishing means for preventing the tilting back of the cap at an angle of one hundred and eighty degrees with the collar, the cap by my improved means being stoppedabout half-way, so that it retains an almost vertical position, a slight tilt being allowed backward to make sure of its retaining its upright position. I am of course well aware that dierent means for retaining the cap in such upright position have been patented and used from time to time; but to my knowledge none have to this date been invented which, formed by a special die for that purpose designed and constructed, have said stopping element as an integral part of the hinge and which additionally have the qualification of simplicity and reduction in cost as compared with the equivalent means in this class of articles.

In describing my invention I shall call attention to the accompanying drawings, where like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different views.

-Figurel shows a side view of an inkstandcover with my improved hinge attac-hed; Fig. 2, a rear View of the hinge, showing the supporting-rib fully; Fig. 3, a sectional view through the line X X in Fig. 1, showing the upper hinge; Fig. 4, a top view of the collar having the lower, hinge part att-ached; Fi g. 5,

a side View of the collar as shown in Fig. i; and Fig. 6 a side view showing the cap lifted from the collar, which view when compared with the view in Fig. l, showing the cap when closed, will explain my improvement plainly.

A indicates the cap covering the mouth of any vessel towhich it might be attached.

B is the collar to which cap A is hinged.

C indicates the upper part of the hinge se cured to the cap A in any suitable manner, preferably by the tongues D and E, as illustrated. F is the lower hinge part secured similarly to the collar B by the tongues G and H, the two said hinge parts being pivoted together by means of the pin K. On each of these hinge parts C and F, I have, by means of the dies referred to above, formed ribs, of which I is on the lower hinge part F and I2 and I3 on the upper hinge part C. The lower hinge part F will further be seen to have its side flanges M and N curved down on each side, as best seenV in Figs. 4 and 5. The different parts now being secured together, as seen in Figs. l and 6, it will be observed that when the cap is lifted from the collar, as in Fig. 6, and pushed back as far as it will go the part of the rib I' on the lower hinge part F will be met by the edge L of the upper hinge part C, and similarly the parts of the rib I2 and I3 will contact with the curved edges M and N of the lower hin ge part F,respectively- M with I3 and N with I2-as seen in Fig. 6, which is the desired object of my invention. This aords a uniform firm support forthe cap all through the hinge, it being of course understood that the rib can be used on either the upper` or lower hinge part-that is to say, omitting therib parts I2 and Ionthe hinge part C` part I will cooperate with the edge L, and vice Aversa.

As before stated, by reason of this hinge being made by means of dies it has reduced the cost of the manufacture of such hinges considerably.

What I therefore claim, and desire to secure protection for by Letters Patent, isg l. As a new article of manufacture, a hinge whose upper and lower parts are formed with stop-ribs forming integral parts of said hinge parts substantially as they are described and for the purposes specified.

2. The combination with a cover for ink- IOO stands comprising in its construction acap said last-named member, and meansfor seand oollar, of a, hinge comprising in itseoncuring the respective members of the hinge struction two members pivotally united, the to said Cap and collar substantially as and upper -or movable member beingprovided for the purpose shown and described. 15 5 with two horizontally-disposed integral stop- In testimony that `I claim the foregoing I ribs lying centrally of the hinge-axis, and the have hereunto set myhand this 21st day of lower or xed member being provided with a f January, A. D. 1899. single similarly-disposed, integral stop-rib, BERNARD J. RILEY. and in a. plane between the ribs of the movi Witnesses: 1o able member, and having two Curved side W. M. CLARKE,

flanges projecting into the path of the ribs of AUGUST M. TRESCHOW. 

